NEW YORK – May 5, 2015 – NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content announced the appointment of Ana Salas Siegel to General Counsel.  Salas Siegel will report to Joe Uva, Chairman, Hispanic Enterprises and Content and Kimberley D. Harris, Executive Vice President, General Counsel, NBCUniversal, and will start on Monday, June 1st.

In this new role, Salas Siegel will serve as lead counsel for Hispanic Enterprises and Content and oversee all legal resources, including the division’s Business & Legal Affairs team.  As a key member of the senior leadership team, she will be responsible for managing the day-to-day operations of the legal department, and supervising all legal and business affairs issues impacting the group. In addition to overseeing strategic and complex commercial agreements, Salas Siegel will work closely with NBCUniversal’s corporate legal resources on transactional, litigation and employment law, as well as intellectual property, labor relations and compliance matters.

“We are delighted to have Ana join our senior leadership team as lead legal counsel,” said Uva.  “Her all-encompassing background and expertise in legal and business affairs will provide strong and effective leadership to the division’s lawyers and ensure that the legal function operates as a true partner with the business.”

Previously, Salas Siegel worked at Fox Latin America Channels and Fox International Channels for 12 years, most recently serving as Senior Vice President & Deputy General Counsel, Business and Legal Affairs.  In that role she was responsible for all legal matters relating to their pay TV channels, and production and sports facilities in Latin America, in addition to managing and developing the legal department.   Prior to that Salas Siegel was the Director of Business & Legal Affairs at Universal Studios Networks Latin America Inc..

Siegel holds a Bachelor of Science degree from Amherst College in Massachusetts and a law degree from Harvard Law School, and is a member of the American Bar Association.  In addition, she holds a Certificate in International Business Management from Georgetown University and a UK Solicitor’s Certificate from Oxford University.

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About NBCU’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content

NBCUniversal is the leading media company reaching over 90% of Hispanics in the U.S. every month, in English and Spanish, across all its video platforms.  NBCUniversal’s Hispanic Enterprises and Content division encompasses the company’s Hispanic franchises and all of its Hispanic content efforts across all of NBCUniversal’s networks and platforms including TELEMUNDO, a Spanish-language television network reaching 94% of Hispanic TV households and featuring original scripted and non-scripted productions, theatrical motion pictures, specials, news and first-class sports events; Telemundo Studios, the leading producer of original Spanish-language primetime content in the U.S.; the Telemundo Station Group, reaching U.S. Hispanic viewers in 210 markets, through its 17 owned stations and 52 broadcast and MVPD affiliates in the US and Puerto Rico; NBC UNIVERSO, a modern general entertainment cable channel for Latinos, offering a thrilling mix of exclusive premium sports, signature series, blockbuster movies, music, must-see live events and strategic acquisitions, on TV, online and mobile devices; Telemundo International, the second largest distributor of Spanish-language content in the world, reaching more than 120 countries in over 40 languages; and its Digital Media unit, which creates and distributes original content across digital and emerging platforms including mobile devices, apps, www.telemundo.com  and www.nbcuniverso.com, and operates Fluency Productions, the company’s new multi-format, multi-platform production studio.